Ologun Kutere

Ologun Kutere
Oba of Lagos
Reignc. 1780 - 1806
PredecessorEletu Kekere
SuccessorAdele Ajosun
BornOlogun Kutere
Lagos
Diedc. 1803
Lagos
IssueEshinlokun, Adele Ajosun, Akiolu, Olukoya, Olusi and Akitoye.
HouseAdo, Ologun Kutere
FatherAlaagba
MotherErelu Kuti
ReligionIfá

Ologun Kutere reigned as Oba of Lagos from around the 1780s to around 1803.[1] He succeeded Oba Eletu Kekere who reigned between 1775 and 1780. "Ologun" is the Yoruba word for "War General".

Ologun Kutere was the product of the marriage between Erelu Kuti, daughter of Oba Ado, and Alaagba (short form of 'Alagbigba'), an Ijesha traditional adviser to Oba Akinsemoyin.[2] He was the first successor to the throne through a matrilineal line, and the Yoruba line to the throne.[1]

  1. ^ a b Mann, Kristin (2007). Slavery and the Birth of an African City: Lagos, 1760-1900. Indiana University Press, 2007. p. 45. ISBN 9780253348845.
  2. ^ Hassan Adisa Babatunde Fasinro. Political and cultural perspectives of Lagos. s.n., 2004. p. 46.